Twenty-four seats of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly are vacant as they fall under Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and will not be taken into account for reckoning the total strength of the House, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. According to section 47 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, the Legislative … Read more
Members of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly are elected for a six-year term. The seats are filled by direct election. Recently, kashmir-centric parties have opposed Union minister Jitendra Singh’s proposal to reduce the tenure of the J&K Assembly from six to five years like other states. However, Jammu-based parties are in favour of “rectifying … Read more
In a bold move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and new Union Home Minister Amit Shah is considering fresh delimitation of constituencies in the state as there is a feeling in the Jammu region that it is being discriminated against as Kashmir valley has more Assembly seats than the former. Even the Ladakh region has expressed … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the state assembly on Wednesday evening after rival claims to form government from former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and People’s Conference leader Sajad Lone, who is backed by the BJP. Ms Mufti said her Peoples’ Democratic Party has the support of arch-rival Omar Abdullah’s National Conference and … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved governor’s rule + in J&K . The move comes after the BJP pulled out of its three-year alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K governor NN Vohra has placed the J&K assembly under suspended animation. Unlike other states, where President’s rule is imposed in such situations, the J&K constitution provides … Read more
BJP on Tuesday pulled out of the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the governor’s rule in the troubled state. Here are six reasons why BJP pulled the plug in the state: 1. Both PDP and BJP were looking for an exit to shore up credentials among respective constituencies. BJP moved pre-emptively to … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reiterated that Article 370 of the Constitution is not a temporary provision. Article 370 grants special, autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. “The issue concerned is covered by the judgement of this court in the 2017 SARFAESI [ Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest] matter, … Read more
The Legislative Assembly today allowed consideration of two private members’ Bills to declare J&K as a “dry state.” The Bills were moved by National Conference member Sheikh Ishfaq Ahmad and Congress leader GM Saroori. Read also: Jammu & Kashmir has lowest alcohol consumption in North India Earlier, the Bill of the NC member was disallowed … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir Government is exploring all possibilities to invite private sectors to extract world-class granite and limestone found in Kargil district of the mountainous Ladakh region. As per documents tabled on the floor of the Assembly, the Department of Geology and Mining by way of G-4 level geological investigation, has explored and established … Read more
Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu presented the state Budget for the year 2018-19, his fourth budget in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly. Here are 10 things that a common man must know about the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir budget 2018: Fiscal deficit previously estimated at around 9.5 per cent has actually turned out to … Read more
Lack of consensus The PDP-BJP government has no plans to reintroduce the Hindu Shrines and Religious Places (Management and Regulation) Bill in the Legislative Assembly during its tenure The earlier Bill lapsed after the change in government of 2014-15 Facing opposition from the PDP, Congress, BJP and even NC MLAs, the earlier Bill was referred … Read more
NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind defeated opposition candidate Meira Kumar by a huge margin to become India’s 14th President. The swearing in will take place on July 25. 71-year old Kovind, a former Bihar Governor who will be the second Dalit to hold the top Constitutional position, received 2930 votes with a value of 702044. … Read more